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U.S. Federal Court Cases Dockets

M Thatcher Clark describes his work – Pacer Tracker – available on Internet Archives – “At its creation in April 2024, this database contained the metadata of more than 350 million docket entries filed since 2013 in more than 13 million federal court cases. The data was obtained from RSS feeds published by many of the federal courts. This includes many bankruptcy, district and appeals courts. It also includes the Court of Federal Claims and the Court of International Trade. The data is not comprehensive, as some courts do not publish a feed and some of them do not include all filings in their feeds. A breakdown of how many cases and entries were available in the database at the time of its creation is contained in the entries_count.csv file. For each case, the data supplies the case’s court, its number, its title (including the primary parties), its PACER docket report website URL, the type of case, and the time when it was first captured, which is often roughly the same as it when it was filed. For each entry, the data supplies the entry description as it appeared on the docket, any PACER document URL for the entry, the time it was filed, the time it was captured and its docket sequence number (if any). Document URL and docket number data is often not available between 2018 and 2023. The database consists of a courts file, a cases file and entries files for each year. Each case has a court ID linking it to a court and each entry has a case ID linking it to a case. All three types of files are needed to fully comprehend the data. A dictionary containing more information about each field of the data files is contained in data_dictionary.csv. Statements suitable for PostgreSQL, which can be easily modified to any SQL-compliant database, are available in sql_import_stmts.sql. Updates to the data will occur at least weekly, to the courts, cases and most recent entries file.”

Microsoft LinkedIn release 2024 Work Trend Index on state of AI at work

“On Wednesday May 8, 2024 Microsoft Corp. and LinkedIn released the 2024 Work Trend Index, a joint report on the state of AI at work titled, “AI at work is here. Now comes the hard part.” The research — based on a survey of 31,000 people across 31 countries, labor and hiring trends on LinkedIn,… Continue Reading

Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks

“EPA develops an annual report called the Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks (Inventory), that tracks U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and sinks by source, economic sector, and greenhouse gas going back to 1990. EPA has prepared the Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks since the early 1990s. This annual report, provides a… Continue Reading

Supreme Court Ideology and the Press

Jones, RonNell Andersen and West, Sonja, Supreme Court Ideology and the Press (March 15, 2024). University of Georgia School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2024-3, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4760952 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4760952  “Among the elected branches and the broader public, positivity toward the press skews deeply ideological. The data make clear that most liberals… Continue Reading

Investigative report – FDIC Had A Culture Of Harassment And Discrimination

The Hill: “An investigation by a law firm confirmed that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. failed to provide a workplace safe from sexual harassment, discrimination, fear of retaliation, and called for a “necessary” cultural and structural change at the federal banking regulator. The review, Report for the Special Review Committee of the Board of Directors… Continue Reading

State of the Air 2024 report

“The State of the Air 2024 report finds that despite decades of progress cleaning up air pollution, 39% of people living in America—131.2 million people—still live in places with failing grades for unhealthy levels of ozone or particle pollution. This is 11.7 million more people breathing unhealthy air compared to last year’s report. Nearly 4… Continue Reading

The Rise of AI: Insights from RAND

RAND – “Artificial intelligence—from machine learning that’s already widely used today to the possible artificial general intelligence of the future—has the power to transform the way we live, work, and interact. AI tools are evolving quickly, and decisionmakers are grappling with how to maximize the potential benefits, minimize the short- and long-term risks, and plan… Continue Reading

How to Clear Your Browser History on Chrome, Firefox, Brave, and More

MakeUseOf: ” Regularly clear your browsing history to protect privacy, especially on shared computers. Different browsers have varied methods for history deletion, and it’s worth knowing how each one works. From Chrome to Brave, follow specific steps to clear browsing history on desktop and mobile devices. When surfing the web, your web browser records your… Continue Reading

Food Waste Index Report 2024

“To catalyse essential action towards reducing food waste and achieving SDG 12.3, it’s imperative to grasp the extent of food waste. Measuring food waste allows countries to comprehend the magnitude of the issue, thereby revealing the size of the opportunity, while establishing a baseline for tracking progress. The Food Waste Index Report 2021 marked a… Continue Reading